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... Deity , 2. Progress of Opinions with respect to 195 201 251 ib . Deity , 269 3. Religious Worship , 327 Sect . 1. Religious Worship respecting the Deity singly , 329 2. Morality considered as a Branch of Duty to our Maker , 377 APPEN ...
... Deity , 2. Progress of Opinions with respect to 195 201 251 ib . Deity , 269 3. Religious Worship , 327 Sect . 1. Religious Worship respecting the Deity singly , 329 2. Morality considered as a Branch of Duty to our Maker , 377 APPEN ...
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... Deity has bestow- ed on man different faculties for different purpo- ses . Truth and falsehood are investigated by the reasoning faculty . Beauty and ugliness are objects of a sense , known by the name of taste . Right and wrong are ...
... Deity has bestow- ed on man different faculties for different purpo- ses . Truth and falsehood are investigated by the reasoning faculty . Beauty and ugliness are objects of a sense , known by the name of taste . Right and wrong are ...
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... Deity is the plan of nature , which rewards no man who is not conscious that he merits reward , and punishes no man who is not conscious that he merits punishment ! By that plan , and by that only , rewards and punishments accomplish ...
... Deity is the plan of nature , which rewards no man who is not conscious that he merits reward , and punishes no man who is not conscious that he merits punishment ! By that plan , and by that only , rewards and punishments accomplish ...
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... Deity with respect to human actions , is clearly established . The absurd figure that a man would make act- ing in contradiction to motives , should be suffi- cient to open our eyes without an argument . What a despicable figure does a ...
... Deity with respect to human actions , is clearly established . The absurd figure that a man would make act- ing in contradiction to motives , should be suffi- cient to open our eyes without an argument . What a despicable figure does a ...
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... Deity . 1 This reasoning is too diffuse : if it can be com prehended in a single view , it will make the deep- er impression . There may be conceived different systems for governing man as a thinking and ra- tional being . One is , That ...
... Deity . 1 This reasoning is too diffuse : if it can be com prehended in a single view , it will make the deep- er impression . There may be conceived different systems for governing man as a thinking and ra- tional being . One is , That ...
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Page 333 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 312 - And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say. unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Page 311 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 429 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 373 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 373 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ; or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee...
Page 211 - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 411 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 289 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons : but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.